Securing device for cables



(No Model.)

W. F. BOSSERT 8v J. H. FINDLAY.

SEGURING DEVICE EUR CABLES.

No. 482,939. PatentedSept. 20, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCEa WILLIAM F. BOSSERT, OF UTICA, AND JOHN H.FINDLAY,YOF OGDENSBURG, ASSIGNORS TO THE UTICA ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURINGAND SUPPLY COMPANY, OF UTICA, NEV YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,939, datedSeptember 20, 1892.

Application iiled October 24, 1891.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM F. BossERT, of Utica, and JOHN II. FINDLAY,of Ogdens` burg, New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Securing Devices for Cables; and we do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertaius to 1o make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and gures of reference markedthereon, which form part of this speciication.

Our invention relates to securing devices I5 more particularly intendedfor use with supports for electric-light lamps.

v In the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification,and in which similar letters and iignres of reference refer to zocorresponding parts in the several views,

Figure 1 shows in perspective our securing devices with the frontportion of the case removed. Fig. 2 shows an inside view of the plateremoved from Fig. 1. Fig. 34 shows in z 5 perspective a portion of themechanism shown in Fig. l on about a quarter-turn from kthe position inwhich it is shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows a .lever-key used inconnection with the device.

Referring more particularly to the reference letters and numerals markedon the drawings in a more specific description of the device, 1indicates a rope or guy, which may eX- tend to the short arm of apivoted lamp-hanger arm or which may extend over suitable pulleys andsupport an electric lamp directly wit-hout the intervention of an arm atsome -point in the street or other place where it is desired to locatethe lamp. The rope 1 is se- 4o cured in cylindrial holder 2, whichcylindrical holder 2 is adapted to enter the barrel 3,

as into a sleeve, the barrel being formed onehalf in the body portion 4of the device and one-half in the cover portion 5 thereof. The

lower end of holder 2 is provided with a loop 6, adapted to be engagedby a snap or other suitable catch 7 on the end of a cord 8, which cordis the one carried by the lamp trimmer or attendant. Through the middleportion of 5o the holder 2 is provided a slotted opening 9,

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which is of suitable length to allow the passage of the 'latch 10,including the downwardly-extending projection 11 thereon. The latch 10is provided with notch 12, in which it is engaged by pawl or catch 13,which pawl or catch 13 is journaled at one side in an opening in body 4of the device and in the other side in opening 14 in the cover portion 5of the device. Y

15 is a spring provided for holding the pawl 6c 13 down and inengagement with latch 10. Latch 13 is also provided with an irregularopening, as 16, adapted to receive a correspondingly-formed portion 17of key 1S, and is also preferably provided with a projecting ear 19,adapted to strike against the upper portion of the case and prevent thepawl from being operated further than necessary and reduce the liabilityto injure the spring 15. The latch 10 is contained within depressions 7oa b, contained partially in each of the body portions of the case 4 andthe cover portion 5, and the shank or handle of the latch-piece projectsthrough an opening between the end of the walls c d on each portion ofthe casing. It will be observed that the tension of the pawl 13 on thetop of the latch 10 when in its open or partiallysopen position causesthe latch to run true in its ways. The upper end of the holder' 2 isprovided with hood or bell 8o 20, which overhangs the upper end of thebarrel 3 and protects it from the weather,besides furnishing otheradvantages hereinafter mentioned.

The body portion of the casing is provided with two or more arms, as mm, by means of whlilch the device may be secured to a post or wa Thecover of case 5 may be secured to the body portion of the same by screwsor rivets 9o passing through the openings x as 0c.

The operation of the device is substantially as follows: The operator,coming to the device with a hook in his hand attached to -the cord 8,snaps the same into loop 6 and, taking 9 5 firmly hold of the cord,draws the holder 2 down until the shoulder n thereon comes in contactwith the upper edge of the latch 10, and, having at the same time thathe attached the hook 7 inserted the portion 17 of key 1S roo.

in the opening 16, he turns the lever of the key down and, at the sametime inserting his thumb through the openingS in the latchpiece when thepawl is disengaged, draws the latchpiece into position shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1. The holder is then disengaged, and by paying out thecord 8 through the barrel 3 of the device the lamp hangerarm or lamp, asthe case may be, is allowed to descend. When it is desired to bring thelamp again into its elevated position, the cord 8 is drawn in until theholder 2 enters the barrel 3, and the bell-top 2O engages the upper endof the barrel, in which position the downward movement of the holder 2is arrested in such position that the opening 9 will register with thelatch 10, and the latch may be shoved into position to secure piece 2,and when this is done the pawl 13 engages notch 12 and secures thelatch. The piece 2 is then allowed to ascend until the shoulder othereof engages on the lower surface of the latch, when the snap 7 andthe key 1S may be removed, and the device is left secure.

One of the principal advantages to which it is desired to call attentionis that the snap 7 must be securely engaged with the piece 2, and theoperator must have drawn down and taken the weight before the device canbe unscrewed, thus avoiding all liability to drop the lamp, and, again,the engagement of the piece 11 with the piece 2 when in secured positionand the inclosure of the loop 6 within the barrel 3 makes the devicesecure from wrong-doers.

It is evident that numerous modifications and changes in and from ltheconstruction shown may be made without departing from the equivalents ofour construction.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersP-atent, is-

. l. The combination, in asecuring device, of

a stationary body having a vertical barrel, a holder to which a guy orsupporting-cable is attached, adapted to enter the barrel as a sleeve,and a latch for engaging the holder, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a securing device, of a stationary verticalbarrel, a holder to which a guy or supporting-cable is attached, adaptedto enter the barrel as a sleeve, a latch for engaging the holder, and acatch for engaging the latch, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a securing device, of a barrel, a holder to whicha guy or supporting-cable may be attached and adapted to enter thebarrel, and a latch for engaging the holder, having adownwardly-extending projection adapted to engage the holder, wherebythe latch cannot be drawn until the holder is drawn down, substantiallyas set forth.

4. The combination, in a cable or guy supporting device, of the barrel3, the holder 2, and the latch lO, having projection 11, substantiallyas set forth.

5. The combination, on a cable or guy securing device, of the fixedbarrel, a holder adapted to enter the barrel and having a loop or eye atits lower end for receiving a snap or hook, a latch adapted to engagethe holder, and a pawl or catch for engaging the latch, substantially asset forth.

6. The combination, in a cable or guy securing device, of a fixedvertical barrel, a holder adapted to enter the barrel as a sleeve,having hood adapted to engage and cover the upper end of the barrel, anda lockfor securing the holder, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, in a cable or guy securing device, of a fixed barrel3, a holder 2, a latch 10, having projection 11, and pawl or catch 13,substantially as set forth.

8. The combination, in a cable or guy se-l curing device, of a verticalfixed barrel 3, a holder 2, having loop 6, a latch 10, having projection11, and catch 13, having a keyhole, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination, in a cable or guy securing device, of a casingforming a vertical barrel 3, a holder 2, adapted to run in the bar' reland adapted to be secured to the rope or guy and having an opening 9 andloop 6, a latch 10, having projection 11, and catch 13, having akeyhole, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination, in a cable or guy securing device, of a casingforming a vertical barrel 3, a holder 2, adapted to be secured to y thecable or guy and to enter the barrel and having an opening 9 and loop 6and hood 20, a latch 10, having projection 11, and catch 13, having akeyhole, substantially as set forth.y .In witness whereof we haveaffixed our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM F. BossER'r. Jol-1N H. FINDLAY.

Witnesses as to signature of W'illiam F. Bossert:

JosIAH PERRY, M. E. ROBINSON. Witnesses as to signature of John I-l.Findlay:

GEORGE E. VANKENNEN, J No. F. WELLS.

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